My Desert Island Library - Primarily Big Fat Books
Explore My Desert Island Library filled with big fat books perfect for long reads. Discover timeless classics, epic novels, and must-read tomes for your ultimate literary escape.
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The Education of Henry Adams
by Henry Adams
Originally published: Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1918.
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Philosophical Fragments, Johannes Climacus
by S©ıren Kierkegaard
The Danish philosopher's influential work, outlining the distinction between Socratic irony and the leap of faith required for Christian belief, argues that freedom, which cannot be understood or proved, is the necessary condition for Christianity. Also includes the unfinished narrative "Johannes Climacus" in which a man sets out to doubt everything - a critique of Cartesian and Hegelian approaches to philosophy.
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The Complete Works of Shakespeare
by William Shakespeare
David Bevington, the current president of the Shakespeare Association of America, is widely recognised for his contributions to the field of Shakespearean scholarship. Here he presents an annotated volume of all Shakespeare's works.
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Philosophical Investigations
by Ludwig Wittgenstein
One of the most influential philosophical workks of the 20th century.
